15 December 2010 -- "The Secretary-General is deeply concerned about the continuing political stalemate in Côte d'Ivoire. The situation is taking a worrying turn with unfolding events that could lead to widespread violence,"…
KABUL - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General, Staffan de Mistura learned with profound sadness of the sudden and untimely death of Richard Holbrooke. Ambassador Holbrooke has been a friend of the United Nations…
14 December 2010 - The United Nations in Guinea-Bissau is ready to continue providing support to the country's National Conference process, the Special Representative of the Secretary-General today said as he linked the…
14 December 2010 - The United Nations (UN) refugee agency, UNHCR, has built 200,000 houses across Afghanistan for returning refugees and Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) since 2002. This longstanding reintegration…
KHOST- Government officials in Khost urged ulemas in the province to explain and educate the public in women’s rights, through the teachings and principles of Islam. This call by the director of women’s affairs took place at…
12 December 2010 - On Saturday 11 December, on the outskirts of Kabul, Minister of Education, Farooq Wardak and Japan’s Ambassador to Afghanistan, Shigeyuki Hiroki, inaugurated the newly-constructed Mohamed Mussa Shafiq high…
ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan Delivered by Mr. B. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs President Berdimuhamedov, Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am honoured to convey my greetings to all those gathered to…
Human rights are the foundation of freedom, peace, development and justice -- and the heart of the work of the United Nations around the world. Dari - Pashto version Laws to protect and promote human rights are indispensable…
10 December 2010 - The Special Representative of the Secretary-General today exhorted Bissau-Guinean authorities to endorse the road map of priorities for effective implementation of the reform of the Defence and Security…
Nairobi, 10 December 2010 – Speaking on International Human Rights Day, which marks the anniversary of the adoption, on 10 December 1948, of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Special Representative of the United…